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That was intense. I have never been through a quake like that. I'm ok, but still waiting on word from many of my friends in areas that were heavily damaged. I am relatively close to the epicenter, but my town was spared beyond minor damages. I thought my building was coming down, for sure. Whew.

Just a quick update, the town of Juchitan de Zaragoza has been absolutely decimated. At least 40 dead there alone. I have recieved word from only one friend telling me he is okay. That is one of around 15 really good friends in that area. Hoping it is just communications being down.

Just a quick update, the town of Juchitan de Zaragoza has been absolutely decimated. At least 40 dead there alone. I have recieved word from only one friend telling me he is okay. That is one of around 15 really good friends in that area. Hoping it is just communications being down.

I just looked at the map. You seem to be somewhat in the path of Katia as well. (Or is that north enough to not add flooding to the earthquake you all just had?) Glad you're OK, sorry to hear that the body count is already that high.

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I just looked at the map. You seem to be somewhat in the path of Katia as well. (Or is that north enough to not add flooding to the earthquake you all just had?) Glad you're OK, sorry to hear that the body count is already that high.

Thanks for the thought. Katia will hit the other side of the country near Veracruz, but we will get rain throught the center of the country. I hope that is far enough away to prevent flooding in our area, but down here one can never be too sure. Plus, there has already been serious flooding here in Southern and up in Central Mexico for the last few weeks.

Sorry I'm posting alot, but this is my home so I am just a little bit invested in this story... This is an article about the rescue efforts here in Southern Oaxaca. https://www.yahoo.com/news/tsunami-w...055538866.html Colombia has offered major assistance, as well as Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia. So far, not a peep from Trump about this. I get he is busy with Irma, but not even a word? (Please correct me if I am wrong on this)

No. Never materialized here. Waves pushed West to ward New Zealand, however. We had a Tsunami warning, but it was lifted. We still have aftershock warnings for the next 24-48 hrs and constant police patrols, though

So, my friend is a geologist in Guatemala. I just asked him on FB and he said that preliminary reports are that it was a horizontal slip, rather than a vertical one. If it was vertical, than it would displace far more water in an up/down motion, creating far greater chances of tsunami waves. I guess we dodged a bullet there.

Just a quick update, the town of Juchitan de Zaragoza has been absolutely decimated. At least 40 dead there alone. I have recieved word from only one friend telling me he is okay. That is one of around 15 really good friends in that area. Hoping it is just communications being down.

All my friends are accounted for! I was nervous for a few days. As to Skeptic Ginger's comment, I find it fascinating that an earthquake of this magnitude can happen to the direct neighbor of the States, and very little coverage appears. That, and the silence of tRump. To give an example, the coverage here has been pretty broad, with heavy time spent on the earthquake for sure, but not to the exclusion of Houston, Irma and other world news. As an American expat, it kills me that I even need to explain to my Mexican friends the 'whys' of this when I hardly understand it (emotionally. Intellectually, I get it) myself!

All my friends are accounted for! I was nervous for a few days. As to Skeptic Ginger's comment, I find it fascinating that an earthquake of this magnitude can happen to the direct neighbor of the States, and very little coverage appears. That, and the silence of tRump. To give an example, the coverage here has been pretty broad, with heavy time spent on the earthquake for sure, but not to the exclusion of Houston, Irma and other world news. As an American expat, it kills me that I even need to explain to my Mexican friends the 'whys' of this when I hardly understand it (emotionally. Intellectually, I get it) myself!

As an addition to this, I get one Canadian channel here and The National, the Canadian news, had as much on the earthquake as they did on Irma. There are some heavily devastated areas that deserve coverage. I do hope we have at least sent some of our urban rescue teams down there.

Honestly, the 24 hour constant minutia on nothing but Irma on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox is atrocious.

As an addition to this, I get one Canadian channel here and The National, the Canadian news, had as much on the earthquake as they did on Irma. There are some heavily devastated areas that deserve coverage. I do hope we have at least sent some of our urban rescue teams down there.

Honestly, the 24 hour constant minutia on nothing but Irma on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox is atrocious.

The really crappy thing here is that we have one English language channel broadcast on local TV, and it is...drumroll please... Fox! Why and how, you got me. If you guessed correctly, please pick up the million dollar prize.

I find it fascinating that an earthquake of this magnitude can happen to the direct neighbor of the States, and very little coverage appears. That, and the silence of tRump.

Considering Harvey, Irma, and the recent kerfluffle vis a vis North Korea, I regret to report to you that you are a Tier 2 concern at best. Sorry, but that's reality. Had two Hurricanes not just hit the US, one - two, I suspect the 24/7 noise cycle/news cycle would have granted you all more attention.

Glad to hear Mexico's other neighbors are responding. Good stuff. OAS ain't dead.

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Considering Harvey, Irma, and the recent kerfluffle vis a vis North Korea, I regret to report to you that you are a Tier 2 concern at best. Sorry, but that's reality. Had two Hurricanes not just hit the US, one - two, I suspect the 24/7 noise cycle/news cycle would have granted you all more attention.

Glad to hear Mexico's other neighbors are responding. Good stuff. OAS ain't dead.

We still have the giant conflagration(s) in the North and West, which has taken a back seat to the predictability of the hurricane...

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This has a high emotional impact on me (silly but true), as far as I could see the epicenter was 36 miles from Cuautla , Morelos where I spent 3 years of my youth. So far their paper El Sol de Mexico reports zero fatalities in the state of Morelos. I rode through Izucar de Matamors many times

The pictures from Mexico DF are frightening

I lived through multiple small tremors but never a big one. I was also fascinated by the eruption of Popocatepetl a couple year back

ETA: I read something that was not Google translated, 71 deaths in Morelos as well

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